Interventions for children affected by war: An ecological perspective on psychosocial support and mental health care

Harvard Review of Psychiatry

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 70-91

  Betancourt, Theresa S ^a,b   Meyers Ohki, Sarah E ^b   Charrow, Alexandra P ^c   Tol, Wietse A ^d,e,f  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^f Department of Research and Development   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ecological; Interventions; Mental health; Psychosocial; War affected youth

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; CHILD TRACING; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMMUNITY BASED REHABILITATION; CRISIS INTERVENTION; DANCE THERAPY; DYAD PSYCHOSOCIAL SUPPORT; EARLY CHILDHOOD INTERVENTION; ECOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; GROUP INTERPERSONAL PSYCHOTHERAPY AND PLAY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUGGY PUPPY INTERVENTION; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MOVEMENT THERAPY; MULTIPLE FAMILY GROUP INTERVENTION; NARRATIVE EXPOSURE THERAPY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOEDUCATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL FIRST AID; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; REVIEW; SENSITIZATION CAMPAIGN AND PROGRAMMING; SHORT TERM GROUP CRISIS INTERVENTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TEACHER LED TRAUMA GRIEF PSYCHOTHERAPY; TESTIMONIAL PSYCHOTHERAPY; TRAUMA FOCUSED COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY; UNIVERSAL SCHOOL BASED PROGRAM; WAR;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; PSYCHOTHERAPY; WAR;

EID: 84876357217     PISSN: 10673229     EISSN: 14657309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HRP.0b013e318283bf8f     Document Type: Review

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